Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-12-20
A Bill to be Submitted to the
Legislature.

Kentucky, That the question of
whether or not spirituous, vinous, or
malt liquors shall be sold within
said Commonwealth or any county
thereof, or in any Justices district in
any of said counties, shall be sub
mitted to the qualified voters thereof
at the election to be held on Tuesday
next, after the first Monday in the
month OF November, 1883. If a ma
jority of the votes cast at said cleo
ton in said Commonwealth, or in
any county or in any Justices dis
trict IN any county bo cast against
the sale hereof in said Common
wealth, or in said county, or in said
district, then, from and after LIST day
of January 1889, no spirituous, vi
nous, or malt liquors shall be sold in
said Commonwealth or in said coun-
ty, or in said district, except as here
matter excepted and allowed.
"Second-That to take the sense OF
the qualified voters upon said ques-
ton, in said Commonwealth, county
or district, it shall be the duty of the
Sheriff of each county in said Com
mouwealth to open separate and
distinct poll in each voting precinct,
in each county of said Common
wealth at the election in said -,
1888, whether or not spirituous, vi
nous or malt liquors shall be sold in
said district, or in said county, or in
said Commonwealth, and the clerk
of the election, who shall record at
said poll the vote cast, shall ask of
each voter the following question as
herein set down: Are you against
the sale of spirituous, vinous, or
malt liquors in this Commonwealth,
or are you in favor OF said sale 2
Aud the said poll shall be returned,
examined and compared, as the vote
for the Governor of said Common
wealth is now returned, examined
aud compared. 1t Ahall be the duty
of the judges of The County Courts
in said Commonwealth, to appoint
an additional clerk to take charge OF
said poll whose sole duty shall be Ia
record the vote cast upon the ques.
ton hereby submitted to the people
of said Commonwealth; except in
those said precincts where the vote
usually cast does not exceed more
than $50 votes no additional clerk
shall be appointed, and who shall re-
turn his poll book as the other books
at said election are now by law re-
turnable. 1t shall be the duty of the
Governor of said Commonwealth to
certify, on the comparison of said
poll, whether majority of the votes
cast for or against the sale Of said
liquors in said Commonwealth and
in what county or counties, or what
district or districts of any county, a
msjoritY Of said votes was cast
against the sale of said liquors. The
poll shall be made in two columns,
one OF which shall be headed against
and tho other shall be headed for,
and il the voter shall answer to said
question that he is against the sale
of such liquors his vote shall be re-
corded in the column headed against,
but, If he answers that he is for the
sale of said liquors, his vote shall be
recorded in the other Of said columns.
Thirl-lf it shall be found that a
majority of the votes cast in any
county or in any district of any coun-
ty, or in said Commonwealth were
cast against the sale of said liquors,
then it shall be unlawful, and in vio-
lation of this act for any one to sell
any or all of said liquors in said dis
trict, or in said county or in said
Commonwealth, and any one so sell
ing shall be fined upon conviction
Their of not less than 500, nor more
than $500 for the first oifense, and
not less than $500 nor more than
81 900 for the second offence, and not
less than 81 900 nor more than $4,000
for the third ofTense, and shall be
fined at the discretion of the jury not
less than $1,000 and imprisonment
for three months in the county Jail
for any subsequent oflense; provided
however, that the person so selling
does not come within the exceptions
mentioned in the next section.
"Fourlh-This act shall not apply
to manufacturers, or makers, or dis
tillers of any or all of said liquors,
nor to Wholesale dealers therein, nor
to druggists, provided, that if the
wholesale dealer is not manufacture
er, maker or distiller thereof, he shall
not sell to a citizen of this Common
wealth any of said liquors in any
quantity or quantities less than ten
(l0) gallons at one sale or time, but,
If he be a manufacturer, or maker, or
listiller thereof, he shall not sell to a
,itizen of this Commonwealth any of
said liquors in quantity or quantities
ess than a barrel at one time or sale,
md any Wholesale dealer, manufac-
urer, maker or distiller violating the |
of this act shall be fined, at |
he discretion of the jury, in a sum
lot leIs than $1,000 and imprisoned
lot lesJ than six months in the county
all and provided further that no
ruggist shall sell any or all of said
quors in any quantity or quantities
'hatever, except upon the prescrip-
on of a regular resident, prscticing
hyeiciau. who shall certify nm said